Orbital Data and Parent Star Data for: tau_boo__ b

quantity unit value 1-sigma uncertainty
Period days 3.3124630 0.0000140
Time of periastron HJD 2454245.2286000 0.0280000
Orbital eccentricity none 0.023 0.015
Argument of perihelion deg 188.000 30.000
Velocity half-amplitude m s^-1 461.100 7.600
M*sin(i) M_Jup 4.036 ---
Stellar mass M_Sun 1.30 ---
Stellar T_eff Kelvin 6000 ---
Planetary T_eff Kelvin 1557 ---
Stellar Radius R_Sun 1.600 ---
Predicted Planetary Radius (w/o core) R_Jupiter 1.137 ---
T_circ (w/o core) Gyr 1.025 ---
T_damp (w/o core) Gyr ****** ---


Planet radii from theoretical models of:
Bodenheimer, Laughlin, and Lin 2003, Astrophysical Journal, v. 592, 555-563.

Damping timescales from:
Adams and Laughlin 2006, ApJ : link